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I am so excited for my first blog feature on this site!  I am also extremely excited about the site I’m featuring. I ran across this great blog a while back called Working Moms Against Guilt.  I love the concept of the site.  There are so many mothers that work either because the want to or because the have to, and unfortunately oftentimes there is a feeling of guilt that is attatched to the role of a working mom.  These great moms are taking a stand against that guilt.  It is an enlightening blog that deals with day-to-day challenges and successes that so many of us can relate to.  Here is one of my favorite posts,

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Oh me oh my.

Two weeks ago O decided it was time to go on the potty. I was excited. We hadn’t been poking, prodding, or cajoling him. (I learned long ago this wonderful human being is about as stubborn as his mom, and as long as you give him his space, he’ll make up his mind all on his own thankyouverymuch.) One day he went in a diaper, I asked him where Mommy and Daddy went to the b-room, he said “the potty.” I asked him if he wanted to try going on the potty, he said yes, and here we are.

Two weeks later peeing in the potty is mastered, #2–not so much. We’ll get there, though. I’m not worried.

What I might be slightly worried about is what potty training has done to our morning commute. I purposely picked a daycare that is closer to my work than home. (He’s already one of the last kids there as it is, and the daycare is approximately 5 minutes from my work. All the other moms must work next door or get off work at 4 or something.) Anyway, we have about a 20-25 minute commute downtown

Today we stopped TWICE to go to the bathroom on the way to work. Partially my fault, because I didn’t ask him if he had to go before we left. And I think the second stop might have been a manipulation to get more Hostess muffins.

But hey, he went both times. And I’d much rather stop and be late to work than not stop and be late due to cleaning up my car. Bonus: I get to tour all the lovely gas station and grocery store bathrooms on the way to our work/daycare. Heck! I could start a little side business: A site that lists all the bathrooms off of I-71 in order of cleanliness….

My first post would be a warning to watch out for the Speedway off the Ridge Exit. It’s a little icky.

I would like to highly encourage you to check out their site!  It’s a great read, and serves an even greater purpose.

Thanks WMAGs!